2012-11-10, 18:49 | Link #541 |
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That's very true, the first few episodes of Steins;Gate don't exactly draw you in. All I was saying is that it'll be tough reaching Steins;Gate levels of awesome, but if it can prove me wrong, it makes my experience that much better.
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2012-11-10, 18:55 | Link #542 |
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I still don't get why people compare R;N with S;G despite the narrative direction is drastically different and SG actually pulled the "plot under cover" right from episode 1 and 2 (Kurisu's status basically).
Anyways, while the antics were getting old fast, Airi's involvement and the few elements about NASA finally put things into motion (although I have hard time that a potential scenario would allow a single entity to prevent people noticing the Sun is about to explode but heh...). However, the issue is completely off scale here: assuming the report is true (which is likely, otherwise it would be silly in a narrative perspective), then what can the protagonist group do? I mean, I'm sort of puzzled how this crisis that would be beyond worldwide can be dealt with, especially within the premises and scope of the show, especially the cast as of now. I assume they will stick with science stuff to solve that, but hopefully not having a sentai mecha fixing the day...
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2012-11-10, 20:43 | Link #543 |
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It's only in comparison as they're set in the same world line. They're two completely separate entities otherwise, and I think it's fair in hoping it matches/surpasses Steins;Gate's level as a whole, as we'd probably like any series to be. It's just generalization, not a linked comparison as if they were brother/sister.
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2012-11-10, 21:01 | Link #544 |
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@Tsunade666: But does that justify of 4 episodes of high school sillyness for the robo1? Anyway, doesn't matter now, since post ep.5 the world is ending
@ogon_bat: magnetic poles are "formed" because of the flow of particles, not vice versa... plus I don't think that the sun has only two poles... not sure though. In any case, solar flares have nothing to do with the polarity, but the anime/game was right that older star have more intense and frequent flares. |
2012-11-10, 21:06 | Link #545 |
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The characters need a status quo to work back towards, and it helped us get to know what the characters were like before they got involved in the big conspiracy plot. A foundation, a framework, these are important things. Just because something it was "silly" doesn't mean it's worthless.
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2012-11-10, 21:34 | Link #546 |
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From the little physics I remember, magnetic poles can exist without any particles flowing between them, magnetic lines theoretically radiate from one pole to the other (they only need an electric charge inside the magnet which in this case is the sun). afaik atm the sun has two magnetic poles (one north, one south), albeit there might be smaller/weaker temporary magnetic poles,
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2012-11-10, 21:40 | Link #547 |
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I wonder if we've become so inured to one-cour shows that what used to be considered normal development is now dismissed as slow and pointless.
Those Robo One episodes were character development, and thank goodness we had them. I wish more shows had arcs like that, and that more shows were multi-cour. Single cour shows can have great character development but only if they're exceptionally well-written, like Tsuritama or Ano Natsu. I also think R;N is actually quite similar to S;G in terms of narrative structure, even if it's completely different so far in style and tone. And I loved the first eps of S;G too, because it was the heavy lifting those eps did in getting buy-in with the cast that made me really care what happened to them when things became more plot-driven. It's a very simple formula - character-driven episodes to establish the cast, plot-driven episodes to execute the story later. It works well but a lot of shows never bother with the first part, and IMHO they usually suffer for it.
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2012-11-10, 22:44 | Link #548 |
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It's the ADHD/140 char generation. We should be glad build-up/character development/plot progression even exists at all these days. By the time I'm wielding a cane, I won't be surprised if all forms of media go straight to climax, with a few progressives throwing in some resolution for old-time's sake.
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2012-11-10, 22:51 | Link #549 |
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The universe in which Chaos;Head, Steins;Gate and Robotics;Notes share is really dark. First, we had silent weapons. Then, we had time travel. Finally, we have the sun blowing up. I may not want to live in that kind of universe where all conspiracy theories are true.
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2012-11-10, 23:26 | Link #552 | |
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2012-11-10, 23:42 | Link #553 |
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S;G spent almost half the show working on character development and world building before the main storyline actually kicked in. The ADHD "I WANT STORY AND I IT NAO!!" mentality has really changed anime, and I don't think for the better. I was always critical of the time-wasting that went on in shows like Eureka Seven and Blood+, because those really were examples of dragging out a story that could have been told in half the episode count. But something like R;N and S;G require time for you to get to know the characters and flesh out the world they inhabit. They are, after all, originally VNs!
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2012-11-11, 00:15 | Link #554 | |
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In a movie, you are supposed to hook the viewer to the characters and the plot within the first few minutes. I don't see why an anime TV series can't do that, and still have time to flesh out the characters before (or while) driving the plot toward its conclusion. Sometimes slow development actually is pointless. I'm not particularly complaining about this show, since I find myself quite interested in both the main characters. I do wonder, however, if we could have gotten as much character development and plot set-up in two episodes as we did in four. It depends on how the contest aspect ties in with larger matters. I think I had a good feel for the two main characters after episode one. I just hope that Kai's negativity still has a dramatic purpose. It seems to have almost disappeared in episode 5, for some reason.
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2012-11-11, 04:00 | Link #556 | |
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And both Chaos;Head and Steins;Gate too (though one of Nitro+ scerist writers helped with the time loop stuff in Steins;Gate). |
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2012-11-11, 05:11 | Link #557 | |
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Anyway, was I the only one who actually liked / loved C;H anime for all its worth? Seriously. ...anyway, back to R;N. Spoiler for potentially end spoiler -- I actually have no idea, but it's my bet:
Back to visible plotz: apparently, there was an AI called Airi...back in 2008. Hmm... need to check C;H for some details. Also, that would mean that humans have already developed full AIs back in 2008.... whatisthisidonteven.... Then in 2009 (in S;G VN), there's the time travel capers. It also mentioned that the same thing (large divergence potential) happened in the Gulf War (1999). 2000 was when the dangerous monopoles were discovered. Hmm.... coincidence? (of course I may have the years wrong, so that's that.)
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2012-11-11, 05:52 | Link #559 | |
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I found an interesting article regarding the sun magnetic pole issue. This is from NASA itself!
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news..._currentsheet/ Anyway the bottom line is Quote:
-There are usually only two magnetic poles on the sun (north and south) -Occasionally there can be four or even eight (usually during the phases when north and south poles switch positions) -Occasionally some odd things can happen, like the coexistence of two north poles with no localized south poles. I wonder if this odd fact is what gave the idea of the existence of monopoles to the authors of Robotic;Notes.
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2012-11-11, 10:01 | Link #560 | |
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That would leave me speechless, given the realistic tone of the anime so far. The robot may play a role, but not by acting like a super robot.
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